CN209748624U

CN209748624U - Electronic equipment and earphone assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: CN209748624U
Application number: CN201920582642.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡庭勇
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-25
Filing date: 2019-04-25
Publication date: 2019-12-06
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-25

Abstract

The application provides an electronic equipment and earphone subassembly thereof, the earphone subassembly includes: an earpiece and a cradle; the earphone comprises a bottom wall and a side wall extending integrally with the bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall jointly enclose to form an accommodating space, and the earphone is arranged in the accommodating space; the sound outlet surface of the earphone is arranged towards the bottom wall, and forms a sound outlet cavity together with the bottom wall and the side wall in an enclosing manner; the side wall is provided with a sound outlet channel which is communicated with the sound outlet cavity, so that the sound emitted by the receiver can be emitted out through the sound outlet channel. The electronic equipment and the earphone subassembly thereof that this application embodiment provided realize the side through designing the earphone support and lead the sound, and the design of this kind of structure has realized the fixed of earphone on the one hand, and on the other hand has compressed complete machine height space, can make the more frivolous that electronic equipment did, has promoted the competitiveness of product.

Description

electronic equipment and earphone assembly thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field of electronic equipment earphone subassembly structure specifically is to relate to an electronic equipment and earphone subassembly thereof.

background

The handset is used as a basic component of electronic equipment such as a mobile phone, and the specific structural form of the handset design is one of the concerns of the electronic equipment engineers. The common design structure in the prior art is that the earphone is in front sound output, namely the earphone is in front sealed sound output, then the sound is derived through the channel design, the sound output channel and the sound output hole are arranged opposite to the sound output surface of the earphone, the structural design of the scheme is simple, the structural height space can be occupied, the thickness of the whole machine is increased, and the design scheme can not meet the new design requirement along with the improvement of the light and thin requirements of electronic equipment.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an earpiece assembly, including:

A handset;

The support comprises a bottom wall and a side wall extending integrally with the bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall jointly enclose to form an accommodating space, and the earphone is arranged in the accommodating space; the sound outlet surface of the earphone is arranged towards the bottom wall, and forms a sound outlet cavity together with the bottom wall and the side wall in an enclosing manner; the side wall is provided with a sound outlet channel which is communicated with the sound outlet cavity, so that the sound emitted by the receiver can be emitted out through the sound outlet channel.

Another aspect of the embodiments of the present application further provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a housing component and an earpiece component; the earpiece assembly includes: the support comprises a bottom wall and a side wall extending integrally with the bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall jointly enclose to form an accommodating space, and the earphone is arranged in the accommodating space; the sound outlet surface of the earphone is arranged towards the bottom wall, and forms a sound outlet cavity together with the bottom wall and the side wall in an enclosing manner; a sound outlet channel is arranged on the side wall and communicated with the sound outlet cavity, so that the sound emitted by the receiver can be emitted out through the sound outlet channel; the earphone assembly is connected with the shell assembly, a sound outlet hole is formed in the shell assembly, and the sound outlet hole is communicated with a sound outlet channel of the earphone assembly.

the electronic equipment and the earphone subassembly thereof that this application embodiment provided realize the side through designing the earphone support and lead the sound, and the design of this kind of structure has realized the fixed of earphone on the one hand, and on the other hand has compressed complete machine height space, can make the more frivolous that electronic equipment did, has promoted the competitiveness of product.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of an embodiment of an earpiece assembly for an electronic device according to the present application;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a disassembled structure of the earpiece assembly in the embodiment of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the bracket in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at A-A in FIG. 1;

Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of a disassembled structure of another embodiment of an earpiece assembly;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the bracket, sealing membrane and acoustic foam of the embodiment of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of an electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a disassembled view of the electronic device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a disassembled schematic view of another structure of the electronic device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a middle frame of the housing assembly;

FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at B-B in FIG. 7;

Fig. 12 is another structure-splitting schematic diagram of an electronic device.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only for illustrating the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention. Similarly, the following embodiments are only some but not all embodiments of the present invention, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive work are within the scope of the present invention.

reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of electronic devices include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of an earpiece assembly for an electronic device according to the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic disassembled structure diagram of the earpiece assembly in the embodiment of fig. 1; it should be noted that the electronic device in the present application may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, and other terminal devices having a camera assembly. The earpiece assembly 100 for an electronic device includes, but is not limited to, an earpiece 110 and a cradle 120. It should be noted that the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof in this embodiment are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the bracket in the embodiment of fig. 1, the bracket 120 includes a bottom wall 121 and a side wall 122 extending integrally with the bottom wall 121, wherein an extending direction of the side wall 122 may be perpendicular to the bottom wall 121 or may extend at an angle. The side wall 122 may be disposed around the bottom wall 121, and may be disposed around two or three of the bottom wall 121, which is not limited herein. For better fixing and sealing effects, the sidewall 122 may be disposed around the bottom wall 121.

The sidewall 122 and the bottom wall 121 together enclose a receiving space 1201, and the earpiece 110 is disposed in the receiving space 1201. In order to facilitate the installation and the detachment of the earpiece 110 in the accommodating space 1201, in this embodiment, a notch 1221 is further disposed on the side wall 122, and the notch 1221 is used as an avoiding groove, so as to facilitate the installation and the detachment of the earpiece 110 in the accommodating space 1201.

The sound outlet surface 111 of the earphone 110 is disposed toward the bottom wall 121, and forms a sound outlet cavity 102 together with the bottom wall 121 and the side wall 122; further, a sound outlet passage 1222 is disposed on the side wall 122, and the sound outlet passage 1222 communicates with the sound outlet cavity 102, so that the sound emitted from the earphone 110 can be emitted through the sound outlet passage 1222. This kind of structure can realize the side and go out the sound. It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4 together, fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at a-a in fig. 1. A sunken groove 1211 is disposed on a side surface of the bottom wall 121 of the holder 120 facing the side wall 122, and the sound outlet surface 111 of the earphone 110 is attached to the side surface of the bottom wall 121 and encloses with the sunken groove 1211 to form the sound outlet cavity 102. Of course, in some other embodiments, the bottom wall 121 of the bracket 120 may not have a sink structure, and the sound outlet surface of the earpiece 110, the bottom wall 121 and the side wall 122 together define a sound outlet cavity.

the earphone subassembly that this embodiment provided realizes the side through designing the earphone support and leads the sound, and the design of this kind of structure has realized the fixed of earphone on the one hand, and on the other hand has compressed complete machine height space, can make electronic equipment do more frivolous, has promoted the competitiveness of product.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a disassembled structure of another embodiment of an earpiece assembly 100, which includes an earpiece 110, a support 120, a sealing diaphragm 130 and a sound-proof foam 140. The bracket 120 also includes a bottom wall 121 and a side wall 122 extending integrally with the bottom wall 121. For the detailed structure of the bracket 120, please refer to the related description of the foregoing embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

The sealing membrane 130 is used to block the sound leakage gap existing between the side 112 of the earpiece 110 and the sidewall 122 of the holder. Alternatively, the material of the sealing film 130 may be a resin material such as PET.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6 together, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the cradle, the sealing diaphragm and the acoustic foam of the embodiment of fig. 5, in this embodiment, the sealing diaphragm 130 may be disposed between one side 112 of the earpiece 110 and one side wall 122 of the cradle 120, and in some other embodiments, the sealing diaphragm 130 may be disposed between the sides 112 of the earpiece 110 and the side walls 122 of the cradle 120. The detailed technical features of the structure are not listed and detailed herein within the understanding of those skilled in the art. It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Optionally, a sound insulation foam 140 is disposed between the circumference of the sound outlet surface 111 of the earpiece 110 and the surface of the bottom wall 121. With continued reference to fig. 6, the sound insulation foam 140 is disposed around the sinking slot 1211 of the bottom wall 121. Specifically, the sound insulation foam 140 may be adhered to the circumference of the bottom wall 121 of the sinking groove 1211.

According to the earphone component provided by the embodiment, the side sound guide is realized by designing the earphone bracket, and the design scheme of the structure realizes the fixation of the earphone on one hand and compresses the height space of the whole machine on the other hand, so that the electronic equipment can be lighter and thinner, and the competitiveness of the product is improved; further, the sound outlet channel and the sound outlet cavity are completely sealed by designing a sealing scheme (comprising a sealing diaphragm and sound insulation foam).

Further, an electronic device is provided in an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 7 and fig. 8 together, fig. 7 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the electronic device of the present application, fig. 8 is a schematic structural disassembly diagram of the electronic device in fig. 7, it should be noted that the schematic partial structure diagram of the electronic device, that is, a structure related to the earpiece assembly, is only given in the schematic diagram of the present embodiment, and other structures (a display screen, a circuit board, and the like) of the electronic device are not listed and detailed here.

The electronic device in the present embodiment includes an earpiece assembly 100 and a housing assembly 200; the earpiece assembly 100 is coupled to the housing assembly 200. Referring to fig. 9 together, fig. 9 is a schematic view of another structure of the electronic device in fig. 7 disassembled, the housing assembly 200 is provided with a sound outlet 201, the sound outlet 201 is communicated with the sound outlet passage 1222 of the earpiece assembly 100, the electronic device in this embodiment further includes an earpiece mesh 300, the earpiece mesh 300 is covered on the sound outlet 201,

The earphone net 300 may be made of metal. The tin net 300 includes a main body 310 and a through hole 320 formed in the main body 310, and the detailed structure of the tin net will not be described in detail here. Further, a counterbore 202 is formed in the housing assembly 200, and the earphone net 300 is disposed in the counterbore 202.

Referring to fig. 8 and 10, fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a middle frame of the housing assembly; the housing assembly 200 includes a middle frame 210 and side frames 220; the middle frame 210 includes a middle plate 211 and side plates 212, and the side plates 212 are disposed on the sides of the middle plate 211, wherein the middle plate 211 and the side plates 212 may be an integral structure or a splicing and matching structure. It should be noted that the housing assembly 200 in this embodiment is in a form including a middle frame 210 and a side frame 220, and in some other embodiments, the housing assembly may also be in other forms.

The support 120 of the earpiece assembly 100 is fixedly connected to the middle plate 211, specifically, a fixing groove 2111 is provided on the middle plate 211 in this embodiment, and the support 120 is inserted into the fixing groove 2111 and is fixedly disposed in the fixing groove 2111 by bonding or screws.

referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at B-B in fig. 7. A sound transmission channel 2121 is arranged on the middle frame side plate 212, the sound transmission channel 2121 is communicated with the sound outlet channel 1222 on the bracket side wall 122 (please refer to fig. 3), and the sound outlet hole 201 is communicated with the sound transmission channel 2121; the side frame 220 is disposed on a side of the side plate 212 departing from the middle plate 211, and surrounds the side plate 212 together to form the sound emitting hole 201. The sound outlet hole 201 is covered by the earphone net 300.

Optionally, the electronic device in this embodiment further includes a dust screen 400 and a sealing rubber ring 500. Referring to fig. 11 and 12 together, fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of another electronic device with a split structure. The dust-proof net 400 is covered on the sound outlet passage 1222 or the sound transmission passage 2121, and is used for preventing dust on the sound transmission path (the sound outlet passage 1222 or the sound transmission passage 2121). Specifically, in the present embodiment, the side surface of the bracket 120 is provided with an accommodating groove 123, and the dust-proof net 400 is disposed in the accommodating groove 123. In other embodiments, the dust screen 400 may be disposed within the center frame side panel 212.

The sealing rubber ring 500 is clamped between the bracket sidewall 122 and the middle frame side plate 212, and is disposed around the connection between the sound transmission channel 2121 and the sound output channel 1222, so as to seal the connection between the sound transmission channel 2121 and the sound output channel 1222 between the bracket sidewall 122 and the middle frame side plate 212. In this embodiment, the sealing rubber ring 500 is also disposed in the accommodating groove 123 on the side surface of the bracket 120, and abuts against the dust screen 400. The material of the sealing rubber ring 500 may be rubber.

Further, please continue to refer to fig. 12, a clamping groove 124 is further disposed on a side surface of the bracket 120, the clamping groove 124 is communicated with the accommodating groove 123, a clamping protrusion 510 is disposed on a side edge of the sealing rubber ring 500, and when the sealing rubber ring 500 is installed in the accommodating groove 123, the clamping protrusion 510 on the side edge of the sealing rubber ring 500 is clamped in the clamping groove 124 in a matching manner, so as to position the sealing rubber ring 500 and fix the sealing rubber ring 500 in the matching manner with the bracket 120. Of course, in order to improve the reliability of the connection between the seal rubber ring 500 and the bracket 120, the seal rubber ring 500 may be adhered to the accommodating groove 123 by glue.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the sound emitting direction of the sound emitting hole 201 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the sound transmission channel 2121, and the electronic device provided in this embodiment implements side sound guiding by designing the earpiece bracket, and the design scheme of this structure implements fixation of the earpiece on one hand, and compresses the height space of the whole device on the other hand, so that the electronic device can be made thinner and lighter, and the competitiveness of the product is improved; furthermore, the sound outlet channel and the sound outlet cavity are completely sealed by designing a sealing scheme (comprising a sealing rubber ring, a sealing membrane of the earphone assembly, sound insulation foam and other structures), so that sound leakage can be avoided.

the above only is the partial embodiment of the utility model discloses a not therefore restriction the utility model discloses a protection scope, all utilize the utility model discloses equivalent device or equivalent flow transform that the content of description and drawing was done, or direct or indirect application in other relevant technical field, all the same reason is included in the patent protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An earpiece assembly, the earpiece assembly comprising:

a handset;

2. the earpiece assembly of claim 1, wherein a sealing membrane is interposed between the earpiece and the cradle sidewall, and the sealing membrane is configured to block a sound leakage gap existing between a side surface of the earpiece and the cradle sidewall.

3. The earpiece assembly of claim 2, wherein the sealing membrane is made of PET.

4. the earpiece assembly of claim 1, wherein a side surface of the bottom wall of the support facing the side wall is provided with a sunken groove, and the sound outlet surface of the earpiece is attached to the side surface of the bottom wall and surrounds the sunken groove to form the sound outlet cavity.

5. the earpiece assembly of claim 4, wherein the bottom wall surface is adhesively connected to the perimeter of the sound exit face of the earpiece by an acoustic foam.

6. An electronic device, comprising a housing assembly and an earpiece assembly as set forth in any of claims 1-5; the earphone assembly is connected with the shell assembly, a sound outlet hole is formed in the shell assembly, and the sound outlet hole is communicated with a sound outlet channel of the earphone assembly.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a handset web, wherein the handset web is disposed over the sound outlet.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the housing assembly comprises a middle frame and side frames; the middle frame comprises a middle plate and a side plate, the side plate is arranged on the side edge of the middle plate, the support is fixedly connected with the middle plate, a sound transmission channel is arranged on the side plate and is communicated with a sound outlet channel on the side wall of the support, and the sound outlet hole is communicated with the sound transmission channel; the side frame is arranged on one side, deviating from the middle plate, of the side plate, and the side frame and the side plate jointly enclose to form the sound outlet hole.

9. the electronic device of claim 8, further comprising a dust screen covering the sound outlet channel or the sound transmission channel.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the electronic device comprises a sealing rubber ring, and the sealing rubber ring is clamped between a bracket side wall and the middle frame side plate and is arranged around a joint of the sound transmission channel and the sound outlet channel to seal the joint of the sound transmission channel and the sound outlet channel between the bracket side wall and the middle frame side plate.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the sound emitting direction of the sound emitting hole is perpendicular to the extending direction of the sound transmission channel.